On Monday night I purchased my first new car. It was a right-of-passage moment straight out of a Judy Blume book. I stood there with the keys in my hand, sobbing as my mother went off on the dealership manager because he did me wrong.
OK, maybe not Judy Blume.
The Spice Girls may have paved the way for girl power in the 90s, but the truth is it’s really intimidating to walk into a car...

With its 600 million users and average daily session time of 25 minutes, Facebook provides an exceptional opportunity for visibility, Google indexing, live search ability, and fan engagement.
But, if you build it, will they come? And if they come, will they stay and engage?
Be Interesting
Keep your audience engaged and offer something of value. When fans “like” a certain brand’s page they need...

When I was in seventh grade, my mom thought it would be a nice idea for our Catholic family to light the candles on an Advent wreath every night before dinner during Advent Season.
The first night I had the honor of lighting the candle. After striking a match—and making the mistake of holding it completely vertical—the flame started to quickly burn its way towards my fingers. Naturally, I...

When I was in pre-school, my grandma came in for Grandparents Day.
That afternoon, our teacher asked us to draw a picture for our guests. While all of the other students excitedly drew elaborate houses, families and animals—which I find hard to believe since we were 4 years old, but so says my grandma—I plucked a purple crayon out of the box, drew a single line on the paper and announced that I...